Caught Flat Footed . . .

I don't often comment about national/world issues here (except on Global Warming) but the recent events in (former Soviet) Georgia and today's story from the AP, "Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles," should be of concern.

Here we sit:

• Dependant on foreign oil (much from hostile countries) for energy
• Industrial capacity largely dismantled and exported
• Borders open like sieves
• Strategic facilities such as power plants, utility lines, even certain highways sold to foreign interests
• Food supplies increasingly dependent on a few domestic and more overseas sources
• Dependant on imports for almost all of life's necessities
• Military bases dismantled

If Russia attacked Poland, what would we do? And if we fought back, how long would we last?